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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: printf POSIX compliance
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:34:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOnWdoihoSttjvTJfR1sTR5xfSJbNGTY8GF4uDE+aBVWBBeXUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I notice that the musl FAQ says "the fundamentally broken freadahead
function in gnulib cannot be fixed by adding features to the C
library". I found this question because a user complained about my use
of gnulib in a package I maintain.

I contacted the gnulib maintainers, one of whom replied:

"IIRC, gnulib's freadahead use is caused by musl's printf not being
posix compliant, causing gnulib to pull in its printf replacement,
which doesn't work on musl."

It would be nice to sort this out: either musl's printf is not
POSIX-compliant, or gnulib's detection of POSIX-compliance is buggy.

Does any musl developer fancy looking at a gnulib-using package (e.g.
GNU grep, coreutils &c.) and finding out what gnulib thinks is wrong
with musl's printf? There are obvious benefits to sorting this out,
wherever the fault lies!

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org


             reply	other threads:[~2012-06-08 10:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-08 10:34 Reuben Thomas [this message]
2012-06-08 12:19 ` Luca Barbato
2012-06-08 12:32   ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 14:04 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-06-08 14:16   ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 14:44 ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 14:55   ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 15:06     ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-06-08 15:29       ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 15:43         ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 15:53           ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 16:16             ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 16:38               ` John Spencer
2012-06-08 16:37                 ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-09  7:43                   ` John Spencer
2012-06-09 14:17                     ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 16:46       ` John Spencer
2012-06-08 16:46         ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 16:51           ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 16:58             ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 17:00           ` Rich Felker
2012-06-08 17:07             ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-08 23:25               ` Rich Felker
2012-06-09  2:33           ` Isaac Dunham
2012-06-09  2:45             ` Rich Felker
2012-06-09 12:58               ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-06-09 14:17                 ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-09 21:11                 ` Rich Felker
2012-06-09 21:24                   ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-09 14:15               ` Reuben Thomas
2012-06-11  9:37 Pedro Alves

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